New York U, Bachelor of Arts / Science; New York U, Master of Business Administration

Marital Status:

Married, 3 children

Joined father's Hartz Mountain Pet Products at the age of 21; sold company for $350 million in 2000 to private equity firm J.W. Childs. Plowed proceeds into burgeoning real estate empire: today owns 38 million square feet of commercial, residential, retail property in New Jersey and New York. In July started construction on Edison Towne Square, 98-acre mixed-use redevelopment of the former New Jersey Ford plant; project slated to include retail, restaurants, a hotel, entertainment venues, office space. On the prowl for cheap real estate. Son Emanuel oversees family's real estate empire, including hip Manhattan hotels Soho Grand and Tribeca Grand. Gave $30 million to alma mater NYU 1988; business school now bears his name.